Deals of the day- Mergers and acquisitions

Sept 4 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions
and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Friday:

** Russia's Gazprom and its European partners
signed a shareholders' agreement on the Nord Stream-2 gas
pipeline project that will run beneath the Baltic Sea to Europe,
bringing Europe closer into Moscow's energy orbit.

** Irish aircraft leasing firm Avolon Holdings Ltd
said it agreed to be acquired for about $2.5 billion by Bohai
Leasing Co Ltd, a unit of Chinese aviation and
shipping conglomerate HNA Group.

** General Electric Co is expected to win regulatory
approval next week for its purchase of the power equipment
business of France's Alstom, allowing the U.S.
industrial conglomerate to finally carry out a major
cost-cutting program 16 months after first announcing the deal.